(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.

FEBRUARY TREND ESTIMATES KEY POINTS

The February 2017 trend estimate (95,932) decreased by 0.5% when compared with January 2017.

When comparing national trend estimates for February 2017 with January 2017, sales for Passenger vehicles, Sports utility vehicles and Other vehicles decreased by 0.6%, 0.5% and 0.3% respectively.

The largest downward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in Tasmania (-2.6%), continuing a downward trend that began in November 2016.

The largest upward movement across all states and territories, on a trend basis, was in the Northern Territory (0.1%).

(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.

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